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Dasiphora fruticosa / Festuca campestris - Festuca idahoensis Shrub-steppe Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Dasiphora fruticosa / Festuca campestris - Festuca idahoensis Shrub-steppe Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: Vegetation is characterized by an open to moderately dense short-shrub layer (10-45% cover) and a moderate to dense (40-100% cover) herbaceous layer with very high species diversity. The shrub layer is dominated by diagnostic species <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda</i>. A moderate to dense (40-100% cover) graminoid layer is dominated by medium-tall perennial bunchgrasses <i>Festuca campestris</i> and <i>Festuca idahoensis</i>. Associated graminoids include <i>Agrostis scabra, Bouteloua gracilis, Carex geyeri, Carex obtusata, Danthonia intermedia, Danthonia parryi, Koeleria macrantha, Pseudoroegneria spicata</i>, and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. Forb species are typically diverse and include species common in both the foothill and montane zones and northwestern Great Plains. This small-patch alliance occurs infrequently in the central Rocky Mountains and the northwestern Great Plains. Stands occur between 1360-2600 m elevation. It usually occurs on level and gently sloping or rolling topography to steep slopes of all aspects. Soils are loamy and moderately deep derived from a variety of parent materials, including sedimentary rocks and granitics.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39306-{A71B1739-AE5E-4E09-BA19-2215F81E362A} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 14-Mar-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Festuca campestris - Festuca idahoensis - Pseudoroegneria spicata Central Rocky Mountain Foothill Grassland Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Dasiphora fruticosa / Festuca campestris Shrub Grassland   Dasiphora fruticosa / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Grassland		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.905187 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A4096   Translated: Shrubby-cinquefoil / Prairie Fescue - Idaho Fescue Shrub-steppe Alliance   Common: Shrubby-cinquefoil / Fescue Shrub-steppe   Scientific: Dasiphora fruticosa / Festuca campestris - Festuca idahoensis Shrub-steppe Alliance